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Until 1916 drug use was hardly controlled, and widely available opium and coca preparations commonplace. [1]: 13–14 Between 1916 and 1928 concerns about the use of these drugs by troops on leave from the First World War and then by people associated with the London criminal society gave rise to some controls being implemented. [1]
The first report is also known as The Report of the Second Inter-departmental Committee on Drug Addiction, [1] and it was published in 1961. It stated that the incidence of addiction to dangerous drugs in Great Britain was small. [2] This was the same conclusion drawn by the previous committee, The Rolleston Committee, in 1926. [3]
Drug policies are usually aimed at combatting drug addiction or dependence addressing both demand and supply of drugs, as well as mitigating the harm of drug use, and providing medical assistance and treatment. Demand reduction measures include voluntary treatment, rehabilitation, substitution therapy, overdose management, alternatives to ...
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (Single Convention, 1961 Convention, or C61) is an international treaty that controls activities (cultivation, production, supply, trade, transport) involving specific narcotic drugs and lays down a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses, concluded under the auspices of the ...
"The Statutes 1960-61" (1961) 232 The Law Times 129, 142, 157 and 171 "The Statutes 1961-62" (1963) 233 The Law Times 493, 509, 523, 537 ^ Law Commission; Scottish Law Commission, Report on the Interpretation Act 1889 and certain other enactments relating to the construction and operation of Acts of Parliament and other instruments (PDF ...
Correlates the drugs and substances controlled by the Treaty with those named in the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the US Controlled Substances Act. Drug diplomacy in the twentieth century: an international history, William B. McAllister, Routledge, 2000; Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
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Drug control law in the United Kingdom (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Drug policy of the United Kingdom" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.